Soils Contain Huge Amounts Of Ancient Carbon: When Does This Car...

Courtesy ScienceDaily  Thu, 05/15/2008 - 09:15

Knowing that soils are a potential climate change time-bomb is nothing new -- but now, for the first time, a group of international scientists have found a way to distinguish just how much of these ancient carbon stores are being lost to the atmosphere as carbon dioxide.

This means that in the future they may be able to accurately forecast how loss of soil carbon will impact on climate change.

Globally, soils contain over 300 times the amount of carbon...

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